Daugherty v. Total Healthcare Consultants, PLLC et al

MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

E.D. Tenn.January 3, 2018

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE NAOMI DAUGHERTY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:17-CV-00325-CLC-HBG ) Jury Demand (12) TOTAL HEALTHCARE CONSULTANTS, ) PLLC, D/B/A PCA PAIN CARE OF OAK ) RIDGE, DR. DONALD JONES, M.D., AND ) ANESTHESIA SERVICES ASSOCIATES, ) PLLC, D/B/A COMPREHENSIVE ) PAIN SPECIALISTS, AMERIDOSE, LLC, ) MEDICAL SALES MANAGEMENT, INC., ) MEDICAL SALES MANAGEMENT SW, INC., ) GDC PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, LLC, ) ARL BIO PHARMA, INC. D/B/A ANALYTICAL) RESEARCH LABORATORIES, BARRY ) J. CADDEN, GREGORY CONIGLIARO, ) LISA CONIGLIARO CADDEN, DOUGLAS ) CONIGLIARO, CARLA CONIGLIARO, ) AND GLENN A. CHIN, ) ) Defendants. ) ) CPS’S MOTION TO DISMISS Defendant Anesthesia Services Associates, PLLC d/b/a Comprehensive Pain Specialists (“CPS”) hereby moves to dismiss the Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-121. In support of this Motion to Dismiss, CPS relies upon the arguments and authorities set forth in its contemporaneously-filed Memorandum of Law. Case 3:17-cv-00325-CLC-HBG Document 58 Filed 01/03/18 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 891 2 Respectfully submitted, GIDEON, COOPER & ESSARY, PLC /s/ Chris J. Tardio Chris J. Tardio 315 Deaderick Street Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37238 (615) 254-0400 (Phone) (615) 254-0459 (Fax) chris@gideoncooper.com Attorneys for CPS CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that I attempted to confer with counsel for the Plaintiff before filing this motion in an attempt to determine whether the issues presented could be cured by amendment. The Defendant respectfully submits that the issues cannot be cured by amendment, and informed Plaintiff’s counsel of this via letter dated December 14, 2017. Counsel for the Defendant has not received a response to the letter as of the date of this filing. /s/ Chris J. Tardio Chris J. Tardio Case 3:17-cv-00325-CLC-HBG Document 58 Filed 01/03/18 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 892 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served on the following via the Court’s CM/ECF system on January 3rd, 2018: Loring Justice Linn Guerrero Chad Rickman Loring Justice, PLLC 11911 Kingston Pike Suite 201 Knoxville, Tennessee 37934 Ph: (865) 584-8620 Fax: (865) 584-8621 Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ Chris J. Tardio Chris J. Tardio Case 3:17-cv-00325-CLC-HBG Document 58 Filed 01/03/18 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 893